The methods in this category specify how the storage account calculates the Initial Request in the water rights allocation. The methods in this account are valid only if the account has a water right as specified by the Priority Right method.

No initial request is necessary, no appropriation is made, and no slots are added. This is the default method.

This method allows the user to specify the initial appropriation request for use in a prioritized water rights allocation.

This method is valid only if the Reservoir Storages Lookup method in the Instream Flow Reference Level category is selected on the containing control point. This method creates a slot named Reference Level, which is a slot with a one-year timestep, whose value is computed once per year at the date indicated in the Start of Reference Year (also on the containing control point). See “Reservoir Storages Lookup” in Objects and Methods for additional information on the Reservoir Storages Lookup method.

This method is executed at the beginning of the timestep to look up the current timestep and the Reference Level (on the control point) on the Reference Level Stream Flow Table to determine the Initial Request for the timestep.